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The endeavor of fleeing rulers of Vijaynagar to build an alternative edifice @ Lepakshi must be visited by all puritans. The earnest desire to emulate the grandeur of Hampi Heritage is unravelled at Lepakshi.At the enterance a huge Nandi is sculpted, which happens to be largest Nandi in India. As one enters the temple one is presented with a visual treat of pillared structure of Veerabhadra

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Penukonda was once a temporary capital for the Vijaynagar kings, who feared the Adil shah sultans, who were notorious for massacre of the Royalty and looting of the wealth of Vijaynagar Kingdom. Now Penkonda lies in ruins which does not have the attention of either the ASI or the Andhra government. There is a proposal to construct a road all the way to the top which may take a year or two. The

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Vijayanagar empire was attacked furiously by the Bahamani sultans ferociously in 1565, with unrivalled brute force. The capital Hampi was meticulously erased to ground by the plundering armies, who looted the gold, rubies and the world famous diamonds of Hampi for a period of six months. The rulers began spreading their wings to other parts of their empire. In the bargain the construction of

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Nandi hills is an ideal one day trip spot, where there is not much of a crowd during the weekdays. Ideal for honeymooners and lovers on weekdays. On weekends obviously depending on the intervening holidays there is bound to be crowd. One has to travel on NH 7 which is in various phases of construction and reach on the outskirts of the Devanhalli town and deviate into Nandi hills a distance of 63

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INTRODUCTIONThe Botanical Gardens, located @ Bangalore is of royal origin. It was summer private garden for Hyder Ali, one of the most famous rulers of old Mysore in 1760. Initially designed in Mughal style spread over 40 acres, on the model of an extensive garden at Sira in Tumkur near Bangalore, this garden was further developed by Hyder Ali’s son Tipu Sultan and subsequently by the British and

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Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium was established by the Bangalore City Corporation in 1989. In 1992, the administration of the Nehru Planetarium was entrusted to the newly formed autonomous body, the Bangalore Association for Science Education (BASE). Its primary aim is “to disseminate science among the public and the student community.” BASE has formed a Science Centre, which is serving as a

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A Park with energy……but hardly any visitors either during daytime, night times I have to check out. In the heart of the city of Bangalore located near the Raj Bhavan on the golf course road joining the commissioner office. They hardly charge Rs 5/-as enterance fee. The concept of renewable energy is portrayed very beautifully. Mr Shiv Kumar, requested me to " Sir please, we have

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Andaman was literally beckoning us after the Tsunami tragedy, well in Nov 2005 we decided to take trip from Mumbai. We booked tickets in advance luckily and got a cheap package from Jet Airlines. The central govt. too withdrew freeze on LTC travel and were encouraging employees to visit andaman for aiding recovery of tourism. Hotel and other accomodation naturally had

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Cave II.Cave II, on the same level and close to cave I, has a small court in front. The verandah has a door and a large open window and a bench in a recess at the left end. Behind,-to the right, is a cell with a stone bench on the left. Both doors have sockets from wooden frames, and there are traces of plaster on the walls of the outer room.Cave III.Cave III is close to and one foot lower than

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The caves are plain, cave VT being the only one with sculptures. The rest are much alike except in size. Five of them, one unfinished, are cailyas or temple-caves containing the sacred relic-shrine or daghoba; the other twenty-one are dwelling-caves, or lenis as they are called in the inscriptions. These lenis generally consist of a verandah with a door and windowin its back wall, opening into a

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4/10/07 Dear friends, We were enjoying a refreshing drive from Alibaug towards Murud Zanjira, the fort located in midst of the Arabian sea. Just a few kilometers, of before murud some archeological board was sighted at a distance. Well it was all barbed and fenced, we had to park the car inside the muddy road, lest it gets stolen from the main road. We breached the barbed wire fence and

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